Category Archives: Immigration/Migration

(The Featured Image advertises the upcoming Reaching the Nations Next Door Conference in the Nashville area in August). “For You Were Sojourners In the Land of Egypt” Acts 17:16-31 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in… Continue Reading

Trump’s plan for the forced mass deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants and their 5 million U.S. citizen children is to forcibly deport 25,000 people per day for 18-24 months at the beginning of his administration, which would necessitate the suspension of Due Process (Constitutionally guaranteed even to those here illegally), would cost approximately $600… Continue Reading

Quite a few people have been working against the anti-refugee bill, S997 in South Carolina along with churches, ministries, refugee resettlement organizations, and other groups for the past few months. I blogged about the bill, the religious liberty implications of it, and the work against it here and here as a summary. The Washington Post (here and here) and… Continue Reading

[Excuse the grainy picture taken with my iPhone from a distance in the dark] Over the past two days, I have attended the Move Conference at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marrietta, Georgia. This has been one of the best church-based missions conferences that I have ever been too and I highly recommend attending… Continue Reading

“Tipa, Tipa.” That is what they say in Haiti. It is Creole for “Little by Little.” Or, “Step by Step.” It means that with large tasks in front of us, we should be persistent and keep going and take things one step at a time. I love that saying. In my many trips to Haiti… Continue Reading

Recently, Russell Moore, Edgar Aponte, and Rueben Cabrera had a conversation about immigration for the Gospel Coalition. There was one section that stood out to me the most and it came from Russell Moore in a brief discussion of Romans 13:1-10 as it applies to the immigration crisis. This is significant: Russell Moore: “And I… Continue Reading

As I walked into the World Relief office, I saw children everywhere. They were from many different nations around the world and were with their families. Tim, the director came out and showed me around and offered me a cup of coffee. A nondescript builiding in a suburban office park outside of Nashville was serving… Continue Reading